Federal Bureau of Investigation sais no credible threats after new ISIS video names targets in SF The ISIS suicide attack, which is considered to be one of the deadliest bombings since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003, occurred in a mostly Shiite district in Baghdad, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan – a time in which ISIS has urged its followers to bring pain to “infidels everywhere”.
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Six civilians and two policemen were killed when the bomber rammed his explosives-laden auto into the checkpoint in the Shiite-dominated northeastern al-Rashidiya district, a police officer said.
A few days later, jihadists attacked a Shiite shrine in Balad, north of Baghdad, killing 40 people, and on Tuesday, a suicide bomber struck a market near the capital, killing at least seven people.
The bombings are the latest in a series of deadly attacks in and around Baghdad, including an IS truck bombing which killed 292 people on 3 July.
Up to 23 other people were wounded in the attack, while two separate bombings elsewhere in Baghdad also killed four people.
A medical official confirmed the casualties. The developments came on the heels of two large-scale attacks claimed by the Islamic State group that killed more than 300 people last week. The Interior Ministry spokesman, Brig.
While ISIS has lost territory in Iraq and Syria in recent months and is regularly routed on the battlefield, analysts believe the group may be entering a new phase in which it focuses more on coordinated attacks in western countries, such as the Paris attacks in November 2015.
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They will primarily be tasked with transforming an air base retaken this month from IS into a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul – Iraq’s second-largest city – from Islamic State militants.
